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APPLIUATION FILED JAN.'7, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK WM. ERICKSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

FOUNTAIN-PEN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented'fpril 2, 1907.

Application mea January 7, 1907. sriailwo. 351,072,

To all whom it may concern:-

ABe it known that I,- FREDERICK WM. ER-

ICKSON, residing at New York, in the county' cation.

The present invention relates to fountainpens and similar articles in which an independent fountain of iiuid is inclosed in a barrel or handle and allowed to flow from a small orifice. 'i

I describe the invention as embodied in a fountain-pen composed of a barrel or handle adapted toV be screwed onto a hollow nosepiece which has iu its outer end a plug or pensupport, through which i's a small passage inclined from the center of the rear end of the plug toward the edge of theA outer end, and from the rear end of the passage there projects a metal tube whose end terminates in a sharp cutting edge. Inclosed in the barrel of the device is a cartridge or tubular inkholder made from thin pliable material, such as Celluloid, gelatin, or the like. This cartridge is closed at both ends when made, eX- ceptin' an oriiice in the center of one end, through which the ink is inserted and then is sealed up, and is provided with a shoulder nearthe sealed end by means of which the cartridge is held in betweenthe barrel and the nose-piece. It is intended that these cartridges be filled and sealed at the factory andsold to customers as an article of manufacture. A

In the drawings which form a part of and illustrate the invention, Figure l is a longitudinal section of the fountain-pen. Figs. 2

and 3A are respectivelyT sideI and end views of the cartridge.

In. the (Irawings, A represents` a tube or barrel provided with a screw-thread on, one end to engage the internal thread in the end of the nose-piece B, a space abeing left between the end of the barrel and the internal screw.-

A plug Hfiits tightly in one end of the nosepiece B, havin a space l) on its peripher for the insertion o a pen y'. At its rear en is a straight hole c, which meets the hole I and forms a continuation thereof inclined toward the edge of the space b, and in the hole cis inserted a metal tube F, which rojects into the barrel and has its end brought to a sharp point f.

or gelatin, forms: the ink-holder and has at one endf-a shoulder e and when made has an oening'through which the ink is. inserted, a

er Whichthe opening issealed, leavin a slight depression. vThese lled and sea ed .cartridges are supplied to the trade, -and whnoieis to, be ut into use the barrel A is unscrewed from t e part B and the sealed end', ofthe cartridge inserted. Its central art isvpressed against the oint of the tube so that the latter cuts t e wa l of the cartridge and enters the same until the shoulder e bears upon the ledge at the end of the internal thread. i Then the barrel is screwed down upon the shoulder and holds the cartridve in place firmly. When the pen is to be use a shake thereof causes the Ink to flow to the pen. The shoulder e'forms a gasket for. the parts A and B and revents ink from enterin the barrel, and t erefore it is not essentia that the joint between the puncturing-tube F and the cartridge be tight. There will not be very muc ink escape in any event, as the tube makes a clean cut in the wall ofthe cartridge, and therefore Aa fairly good joint is left.

The depression g serves as a guide to the point f, which when it reaches the bottom thereof cuts its way through the wall of the cartridge.

' I claim as my invention- 1. As an article of manufacture constitut- -inO' a 'reservoir for a fountain-pen, a tube o f soft pliable material containing a li uid, provided With a collar upon its perip ery and havingsa depression on one end, as set forth.

erfectly an article of manufacture constitutin a reservoirfor a fountain-pen, a tube of ge atin .contalning writing '-fluid, provided with a .collar upon its periphery, and having a' ceptac e heldin position in the barrel and in lconnection with-the said passage.

5. A fountainpen conslstingof a tubular y vhandle and a pen-holding portion screwed to A cartridge or tube E, made from Celluloid each other, the latter having a passage from its outer end intothe handle terminating in'a cutting edge or point, with an ink-hold ing reeeptaele provided with nieans whereby it is held in positioninthebarrel and in connection with the said passage.

6. A fountain-pen consistin Aof a'tubular handle 'and a pen-holding portion screwed to each other, the latter having a passage from its outer end into the handle and there pro* vided with a cutting edge or point, with an ink-holding receptacle having a collar on its periphery held between the meeting ends of the handle and said portion, substantiallyv as set forth. l

7. A fountain-pen oonsistin of a tubular handle and a pen-holding portion screwed` to each other, the latter` having a passage from its outer end into the handle and there provided with a cutting edge or point, with an ink-holding receptacle of pliable yielding material having a collar on its periphery held between the meeting ends of the handle and said portion, substantially as set forth.

8.' A fountain-pen consisting of a tubular handle and a pen-holding portion serewed to Aeaeh other, the latter having a passage from its outer end into the handle terminating in a tube having a cutting end or point, with a removable ink-holding reeptacle of pliable material having a collar on its periphery held between the meeting ends of the hanele and said portion, as set forth.

9. A fountain-pen consisting of a tubular handle and a pen-holding portion screwed to each other, the latter having an inclined passage from its outer end into the opposite end of which is inserted a metal tube with asharp point or edge, with a removable ink-hold er ofI 

